Fighting the cost of health care, one shoeshine at a time
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Unless something blindsides us in the next day, we already have the person of the week for this week.
In Pittsburgh, a shoeshine man -- Albert Lexie -- has been working in a hospital for children and usually gets tipped a dollar or two. It adds up, especially since he donates the money -- about $200,000 so far -- to the families of sick kids.
Last year he wrote a book about shoeshining...
"It's good to be a hero," he tells WTAE TV this week.
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